Fairy tales, fables and folk tales

The Princess and the Pea

Hans Christian Andersen
DanishNordicScandinavian

Intermediate

2 min read

There was once a prince who wanted to marry a princess. But she must be a real princess, mind you. So he traveled all round the world, seeking such a one, but everywhere something was in the way. Not that there was any lack of princesses, but he could not seem to make out whether […]

The Ass and the Masters

La Fontaine
French

Easy

1 min read

A gardener’s ass complain’d to Destiny Of being made to rise before the dawn. “The cocks their matins have not sung,” said he, “Ere I am up and gone. And all for what? To market herbs, it seems. Fine cause, indeed, to interrupt my dreams!” Fate, moved by such a prayer, Sent him a currier’s […]

The Laughing Prince: The Boy Who Could Talk Nonsense

Parker Fillmore
Slavic

Easy

26 min read

There was once a farmer who had three sons and one little daughter. The eldest son was a studious boy who learned so much out of books that the farmer said: “We must send Mihailo to school and make a priest of him.” The second boy was a trader. Whatever you had he would get […]

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